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Soc St Ch 9/Part 2
Campbell Ch 9 Test Review Part 2
Vocabulary Terms/Concepts | Definition |
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The sinking of the USS Maine, in 1898, led to ___________. | the Spanish-American War |
One result of the Spanish-American War | The US became a world power |
primary source | account by people involved in the event being written about (eye-witness) |
secondary source | account written by people who were not actually there |
Ex. of primary sources | letters; diaries; newspaper stories; speeches; official documents |
Ex. of secondary sources | textbooks; encyclopedias; atlases; history books |
reforms | changes designed to make things better |
Panama Canal | a canal that was built across the Isthmus of Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
assembly line | a method of mass production in which the product is carried on a moving belt past workers who remain in place |
national park | an area set aside for its natural beauty |
Great Migration | the journey of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the South to northern manufacturing cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s |
The Great Migration lasted _______. | about 50 years |
discrimination | unfair difference in the treatment of people |
Causes of the Great Migration | more jobs in the North; African Americans faced discrimination in the South |
Effects of the Great Migration | African American population increased in the North; the lives of some African Americans improved |